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SD Department of Corrections announces offender death
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - State prison offender Brian Gibbons has died, according to a release shared by the Department of Corrections on Tuesday. Gibbons, 47, passed away at a Sioux Falls hospital on Monday. He was serving a sentence for First-Degree Robbery from Brookings County at the...
Sister finds her farm safety voice as a SDSU student and athlete
College is a life-changing experience for many people, but Jaiden Boomsma’s life changed well before she arrived on the campus of South Dakota State University (SDSU). Seven years ago this month, when Jaiden was 15, she lost her little brother Jaxon in a tractor runover on their grandparents’ farm. Soon after, the Boomsma family established a memorial to “Keep his Smile Alive” and try to prevent a similar tragedy from striking another family.
South Dakota utility sourcing natural gas from cattle manure hopes to add five more sites by 2025
BROOKINGS, S.D. — A new facility sending renewable natural gas made from dairy cattle manure to local energy customers could be the first of several such plants, a utility company said Monday, April 22, while celebrating Earth Day. Natural gas is mostly methane. It’s typically extracted by fracking and...
From Will it Waffle to Can it Candy
This journey began many months ago with a little segment called “Will it Waffle”, which, of course, evolved into a fizzier version called, “Could it Carbonate?”. And of course, in true Ashley & Mitchell style, they couldn’t stop there, so they then introduced viewers to “Should it Sandwich?”
How a daughter’s death saved the life of a friend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — This National Donate Life Month, a Brookings family is mourning the loss of their daughter, while also celebrating the lives she saved. Hiedi Slayton was a 34-year-old who loved fishing, swimming and bowling, making friends everywhere she went. “She’s pretty laid back, but stubborn....
Say hello to this year’s SD Principal of the Year
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) – Good educators are all around us. Now one South Dakota principal is being honored for his years of dedication to preparing students for the future. “He develops relationships with staff, students, community,” George S. Mickelson Middle School Assistant Principal Matt Christie said. “His promotion...
Hundreds gather for funeral of Brookings’ teen
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO)–On Friday many people in the Brookings community came together to celebrate the life of a young teen killed in a bus crash one week ago. Molly Yoder’s family invited a KELOLAND news crew to be there for the funeral as they remembered who she was and shared some of her great faith.
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